UFC Fight Night 270 pre-event facts: Why Evloev vs Murphy is historic

The octagon makes its annual stop in London on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 270 at The O2 (Paramount+).

Undefeated contenders clash in the main event of the card. Movsar Evloev (19-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) will enter enemy territory against England’s Lerone Murphy (17-0-1 MMA, 9-0-1 UFC), and both of them are looking to solidify a chance to face 145-pound champion Alexander Volkanovski in a historic matchup of a combined 36-0-1, breaking the previous mark of 33-0 with Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Ian Machado Garry at UFC 310.

For more on the numbers behind the entire lineup, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts about UFC Fight Night 270.

Movsar Evloev vs. Lerone Murphy

Movsar Evloev

Dec 7, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, UNITED STATES; Movsar Evloev (red gloves) fights Aljamain Streling (blue gloves) at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images

Evloev’s eight-fight UFC winning streak at featherweight is tied with Lorene Murphy for the longest active streak in the division.

Evloev has earned all nine of his UFC victories by decision.

Evloev is the only fighter in UFC history to start 9-0 in the promotion with all decision wins.

Evloev has completed 43 takedowns in his nine UFC appearances.

Evloev has landed two or more takedowns against eight of his nine UFC opponents.

Lerone Murphy

Murphy’s 10-fight UFC unbeaten streak at featherweight is the longest active streak in the division.

Murphy’s nine-fight UFC winning streak at featherweight is the longest active streak in the division.

Murphy’s nine-fight UFC winning streak is tied for second-longest among active fighters on the roster behind Islam Makhachev (16).

Murphy has earned all three of his UFC stoppage victories by knockout.

Murphy has one of 10 knockouts in UFC history stemming from a spinning back elbow. He accomplished the feat at UFC 318.

Michael Page vs. Sam Patterson

Michael Page (24-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) returns to the welterweight division after a 2-0 stint at middleweight.

Sam Patterson (14-2-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) has earned 13 of his 14 career victories by stoppage. That includes all four of his UFC wins.

Iwo Baraniewski vs. Austen Lane

Iwo Baraniewski (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned all seven of his career victories by stoppage.

Austen Lane (13-7 MMA, 1-4 UFC)drops to the light heavyweight division after spending his previous six octagon appearances at heavyweight.

Romam Dolidze vs. Christian Leeroy Duncan

Christian Leroy Duncan’s (13-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak at middleweight is the third-longest active streak in the division Khamzat Chimaev (five) and Nassourdine Imavov (five).

Mason Jones vs. Axel Sola

Mason Jones (17-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) is 2-0 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in May.

Jones lands 55.3 percent of his takedown attempts in UFC lightweight competition, the best rate among active fighters in the weight class.

Nathaniel Wood vs. Losene Keita

Nathaniel Wood (23-6 MMA, 10-3 UFC) is 6-1 since he moved up to the featherweight division in July 2022.

Wood lands 58.3 percent of his significant strike attempts in UFC featherweight competition, the third-highest rate in divisional history behind Jack Jenkins (59.7 percent) and Bryce Mitchell (59.2 percent).

Manta Kondratavicius vs. Antonio Trocoli

Antonio Trocoli’s (12-6 MMA, 0-3 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since November 2021.

UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.

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